Use keyboard shortcuts to help you work more quickly.
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# Shortcut keys

Use shortcut keys to perform common tasks more quickly than with the mouse and menus. The following tables list all of gedit's shortcut keys.

# Tab-related Shortcut keys

Azione | Keyboard shortcut
--- | ---
Switch to the next tab to the left | Ctrl Alt PageUp
Switch to the next tab to the right | Ctrl Alt PageDown
Close tab | Ctrl W
Save all tabs | Ctrl Shift L
Close all tabs | Ctrl Shift W
Reopen the most recently closed tab | Ctrl Shift T
Jump to nth tab | Alt n
New tab group | Ctrl Alt N
Previous tab group | Shift Ctrl Alt Page up
Next tab group | Shift Ctrl Alt Page down

# Shortcut keys for working with files

Azione | Keyboard shortcut
--- | ---
Create a new document in a new window | Ctrl N
Create a new document in a new tab | Ctrl T
Open a document | Ctrl O
Open the Quick Open window | Alt O
Save the current document | Ctrl S
Save the current document with a new filename | Ctrl Shift S
Print the current document | Ctrl P
Print preview | Ctrl Shift P
Close the current document | Ctrl W
Quit gedit | Ctrl Q

# Shortcut keys for editing files

Azione | Keyboard shortcut
--- | ---
Move to the beginning of the current line | Home
Move to the end of the current line | End
Move to the beginning of the document | Ctrl Home
Move to the end of the document | Ctrl End
Move the selected word right one word | Alt Right Arrow
Move the selected word left one word | Alt Left Arrow
Undo the last action | Ctrl Z
Redo the last undone action | Ctrl Shift Z
Cut the selected text or region and place it on the clipboard | Ctrl X
Copy the selected text or region onto the clipboard | Ctrl C
Paste the contents of the clipboard | Ctrl V
Select all text in the file | Ctrl A
Delete the current line | Ctrl D
Move the selected line up one line | Alt Up Arrow
Move the selected line down one line | Alt Down Arrow
Add a tab stop | Tab
Remove a tab stop | Shift Tab
Convert the selected text to upper case | Ctrl U
Convert the selected text to lower case | Ctrl L
Toggle case of the selected text | Ctrl~

# Shortcut keys for showing and hiding panes

Azione | Keyboard shortcut
--- | ---
Show / hide the side pane | F9
Show / hide the bottom pane | Ctrl F9
Open the file menu | F10

# Shortcut keys for searching

Azione | Keyboard shortcut
--- | ---
Find a string | Ctrl F
Find the next instance of the string | Ctrl G
Find the previous instance of the string | Ctrl Shift G
Search and Replace | Ctrl H
Clear highlight | Ctrl Shift K
Goto line | Ctrl I

# Shortcut keys for tools

Azione | Keyboard shortcut
--- | ---
Check spelling | Shift F7
Remove trailing spaces (with plugin) | Alt F12
Run "make" in the current directory (with plugin) | F8
Directory listing (with plugin) | Ctrl Shift D

# Shortcut keys for user help

Azione | Keyboard shortcut
--- | ---
Open the gedit user guide | F1